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Ruth Louise
“Granny Duck” Duckworth
Apr 14, 1931 — May 21, 2021
Henderson
Ruth Louise "Granny Duck" Duckworth, 90, of Henderson, Kentucky, passed away peacefully Friday, May 21, 2021, at St. Anthony's Hospice Lucy Smith King Care Center with her family at her side.
Louise was a loving, caring, and hardworking woman who worked at Firestone/Accuride, Kusan, Carhartt, Redbanks, and as a personal caregiver to the Alles family. Most importantly she loved and was devoted to her family. Louise enjoyed spending time with her family, traveling, giving presents to everyone at Christmas, and working in her flower garden for which she received the Garden of the Season Award from the Henderson Garden Club. She was an honorary submariner for the USS Kentucky.
She was preceded in death by her parents, James B. Moseley, Sr., and Ruth Gibson Moseley; two sisters, Mary Elizabeth Moseley and Ellen Moseley Fulcher; four brothers, James B. Moseley, Jr., Jesse Moseley, John Moseley, and Robert L. "Bob" Moseley.
Survivors include two daughters, Nancy Sauer and her husband, Rick, and Kathy Dixon, both of Henderson, Kentucky; three sons, Ron Duckworth and his wife, Mila, of Sebree, Kentucky, Jerry Duckworth and his wife, Linda, of Hebbardsville, Kentucky, and Robert "Bobby" Duckworth and his wife, Ramona, of Cairo, Kentucky; one sister, Margaret Moseley of Henderson, Kentucky; 15 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 5 great-great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home. The Reverend Dan Book will officiate. Burial will be in Shady Grove Cemetery in Poole, Kentucky.
Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday and until service time Monday at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Robby Duckworth, Chris Darr, Jeremy Darr, Aaron Duckworth, Andy Duckworth, Adam Duckworth, and Chris Holder.
Contributions may be made to St. Anthony's Hospice.
Louise's family would like to thank the staff of St. Anthony's Hospice for the love and care they provided our mother.
Online condolences may be made at www.rudyrowland.com .
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